NIXON, RICHARD, President. A group of six typed letters signed (four probably bearing autopen signatures), all to Joseph Curran, President of the National Maritime Union, AFL-CIO, Washington, D.C., 20 July 1970 -- 29 Juanuary 1971. Together 6 pages, 4to, all on White House stationery. In the letter of 24 September 1968, the President forwards Curran, "a copy of the speech which I gave in Seattle last night," confirming that "restoring the United States to the positions of a first-rate maritime power will require the wholehearted cooperation of labor, industry and government..." In September, Nixon sends wishes for a speedy recovery from surgery; in his letter of 20 July 1970, with the war in Southeast Asia raging, Nixon sends "a copy of my...report on the Cambodia mission." Together 6 items. (6)